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The Owsley Brown Iii

Name: The Owsley Brown Iii grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

334
grants reported: $9.1M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $11,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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7 grants matching “lotus” · $54,000

$15,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2023
Restricted support
$11,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2023
Restricted support
$5,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2023
Restricted support
$11,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2022
Restricted support
$5,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2022
Restricted support
$5,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2021
Program support
$2,000
Lotus Treasure · Boulder, CO · 2021
Program support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Parks Alliance of Louisville6 grants · $1.0M
University of Virginia12 grants · $967,578
Kentucky College of Art Design6 grants · $920,336
Speed Art Museum9 grants · $431,013
Thacher School5 grants · $401,234
University of Southern California3 grants · $300,601
Louisville Orchestra2 grants · $300,236
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Foundation9 grants · $264,580
Maiden Voyage Productions5 grants · $183,356
Spalding University4 grants · $175,114

Giving over time

$3.2M

2021

$3.2M

2022

$2.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 334 grants.

$500,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$333,453
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$333,333
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$333,333
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$200,336
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$170,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2021
Program support
$165,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Restricted support
$164,880
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$150,236
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$150,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$138,750
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Restricted support
$138,750
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2021
Program support
$138,659
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$115,763
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$115,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$100,601
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$100,209
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$100,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Pundarika Foundation · Crestone, CO · 2023
Restricted support
$100,000
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Foundation · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2021
Operating support
$100,000
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Foundation · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2021
Program support
$100,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Program support
$98,136
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$95,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$91,224
Spalding University · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$83,334
Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2021
Program support
$74,521
Spalding University · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$70,000
Special Operations Services · Los Altos, CA · 2023
General support
$66,667
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$66,667
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$63,478
Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Restricted support
$51,500
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$51,500
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2021
Program support
$50,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Mind and Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Mind and Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Restricted support
$50,000
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$50,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$50,000
Mind and Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Operating support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2021
Program support
$40,500
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
Restricted support
$40,000
Louisville Story Program · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$40,000
Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2023
Restricted support
$40,000
Louisville Story Program · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$40,000
Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$40,000
Castro Theatre Conservancy · Sausalito, CA · 2021
Operating support
$40,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program support
$40,000
Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2021
Program support
$38,934
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Concord, MA · 2021
Program support
$35,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Attleboro, MA · 2022
Restricted support
$35,000
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
General support
$35,000
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies · Rhinebeck, NY · 2021
Operating support
$35,000
Special Operations Services · Los Altos, CA · 2021
Operating support
$31,074
Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$30,900
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
Restricted support
$30,900
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$30,900
Maiden Voyage Productions · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2021
Program support
$30,687
Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$30,550
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Foundation · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2021
Program support
$30,000
Pema Chodron Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2023
Restricted support
$30,000
Special Operations Services · Los Altos, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Pema Chodron Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2022
Restricted support
$30,000
Special Operations Services · Los Altos, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Operating support
$30,000
Human Needs Project · San Rafael, CA · 2021
Operating support
$30,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program support
$30,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Operating support
$28,125
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$28,125
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$26,875
Louisville Film Society · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$26,875
Louisville Film Society · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Canyon Cinema Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Grabhorn Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies · Rhinebeck, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sustainable Food Alliance · Allentown, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Canyon Cinema Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Foundation for a Mindful Society · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
New Century Chamber Orchestra · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Saint Joseph'S Arts Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Sustainable Food Alliance · Allentown, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Canyon Cinema Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Foundation for a Mindful Society · New York, NY · 2021
Operating support
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Sustainable Food Alliance · Allentown, PA · 2021
Operating support
$25,000
The Lenz Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (Bampfa) · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Program support
$24,783
Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Restricted support
$21,500
Louisville Film Society · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$20,000
Center for Discovery · Harris, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Attleboro, MA · 2023
Restricted support
$20,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support

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